P.V. Lehtinen

Directing

P.V. Lehtinen

Born

1969-06-16 (57)

Place of birth

Helsinki, Finland

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

PV Lehtinen was born in Helsinki, Finland. He is internationally acclaimed short film director, writer and producer. His international breakthrough was short film The Diver (Hyppääjä, 2000), which made history at the Tampere International Short Film Festival by winning the Grand Prix and four other prizes. In one way or another, many of his films involve the element of water, which he feels is an extremely interesting visual element.

Known for

Behind the camera

My Superhero poster
NR

Country boy Oskari travels with his mother to the city. There he meets his superhero. However, all is not quite as seven-year-old Oskari imagined. He is faced with a difficult choice. Superhero is dark-skinned and doesn´t look like the action figure he owns.

My Superhero

2010

My Superhero poster
NR

Country boy Oskari travels with his mother to the city. There he meets his superhero. However, all is not quite as seven-year-old Oskari imagined. He is faced with a difficult choice. Superhero is dark-skinned and doesn´t look like the action figure he owns.

My Superhero

2010

My Superhero poster
NR

Country boy Oskari travels with his mother to the city. There he meets his superhero. However, all is not quite as seven-year-old Oskari imagined. He is faced with a difficult choice. Superhero is dark-skinned and doesn´t look like the action figure he owns.

My Superhero

2010

The Crawl poster
8.0

A visual and delicately poetic story about the relationship between a swimmer and water. A young competitive swimmer meets the world's fastest woman swimmer in her dreams and races her.

The Crawl

2005

The Crawl poster
8.0

A visual and delicately poetic story about the relationship between a swimmer and water. A young competitive swimmer meets the world's fastest woman swimmer in her dreams and races her.

The Crawl

2005

Nightswims poster
10.0

Boy and girl trespassing to an outside pool at night.

Nightswims

2024

Nightswims poster
10.0

Boy and girl trespassing to an outside pool at night.

Nightswims

2024

Nightswims poster
10.0

Boy and girl trespassing to an outside pool at night.

Nightswims

2024

Skin Deep poster
NR

A quiet and clumsy Eki works at the shipyard and wants to be like his masculine and outspoken co-workers. To become a real man, he needs some tattoos. A real ones.

Skin Deep

1998

Skin Deep poster
NR

A quiet and clumsy Eki works at the shipyard and wants to be like his masculine and outspoken co-workers. To become a real man, he needs some tattoos. A real ones.

Skin Deep

1998

Losers poster
NR

The owner of a remote gas station and a small time crook cross paths on one hot summer's day.

Losers

1995

Losers poster
NR

The owner of a remote gas station and a small time crook cross paths on one hot summer's day.

Losers

1995

Keidas poster
NR

A meditative journey to an oasis that a bunch of people consider their second home, where they return each summer.

Keidas

2007

Keidas poster
NR

A meditative journey to an oasis that a bunch of people consider their second home, where they return each summer.

Keidas

2007

Keidas poster
NR

A meditative journey to an oasis that a bunch of people consider their second home, where they return each summer.

Keidas

2007

Sirkka poster
8.0

A sensitive short film about a first kiss. It is a story about Ville, a twelwe-year-old boy, who receives a letter from Sirkka. Sirkka wants to meet and to kiss him.

Sirkka

2001

Sirkka poster
8.0

A sensitive short film about a first kiss. It is a story about Ville, a twelwe-year-old boy, who receives a letter from Sirkka. Sirkka wants to meet and to kiss him.

Sirkka

2001

Sirkka poster
8.0

A sensitive short film about a first kiss. It is a story about Ville, a twelwe-year-old boy, who receives a letter from Sirkka. Sirkka wants to meet and to kiss him.

Sirkka

2001

The Diver poster
9.5

The Diver is a hymn to diving and the aesthetics of movement. It is a dreamlike collage of movement, music and narration honouring the most beautiful sport there is. Helge Wasenius (b. 1927), The Grand Old Man of divers, is the principal character in the film, a colourful daredevil of the sport.

The Diver

2006

The Diver poster
9.5

The Diver is a hymn to diving and the aesthetics of movement. It is a dreamlike collage of movement, music and narration honouring the most beautiful sport there is. Helge Wasenius (b. 1927), The Grand Old Man of divers, is the principal character in the film, a colourful daredevil of the sport.

The Diver

2006

The Diver poster
9.5

The Diver is a hymn to diving and the aesthetics of movement. It is a dreamlike collage of movement, music and narration honouring the most beautiful sport there is. Helge Wasenius (b. 1927), The Grand Old Man of divers, is the principal character in the film, a colourful daredevil of the sport.

The Diver

2006

Airo poster
NR

A scantily clad woman is rowing a large wooden boat with her eyes closed, when a male figure suddenly appears out of nowhere standing on his hands at the bow. Together they travel down the river under the starry sky, surrounded by a mystical landscape.

Airo

2003

Airo poster
NR

A scantily clad woman is rowing a large wooden boat with her eyes closed, when a male figure suddenly appears out of nowhere standing on his hands at the bow. Together they travel down the river under the starry sky, surrounded by a mystical landscape.

Airo

2003

Airo poster
NR

A scantily clad woman is rowing a large wooden boat with her eyes closed, when a male figure suddenly appears out of nowhere standing on his hands at the bow. Together they travel down the river under the starry sky, surrounded by a mystical landscape.

Airo

2003

Hegemony poster
NR

A short dance film about a hard journey from the sea to the top, and back.

Hegemony

1996

Hegemony poster
NR

A short dance film about a hard journey from the sea to the top, and back.

Hegemony

1996

Dance on Thin Ice poster
NR

Dance On Thin Ice tells the story of Felix, a twelve-year-old boy who is left to spend Christmas alone while his parents travel to India. A reluctant Felix ends up as an ice cream seller at a deserted swimming stadium, where the surface of the pool has frozen solid. But the swimming stadium is not completely deserted after all. Felix meets a dark-haired refugee girl called Fakira, whose parents were killed in a bombing in Syria. A dreamlike story where two young strangers to each other, a boy and a refugee girl, meet under unusual circumstances. Together, they make the impossible possible.

Dance on Thin Ice

2017

Dance on Thin Ice poster
NR

Dance On Thin Ice tells the story of Felix, a twelve-year-old boy who is left to spend Christmas alone while his parents travel to India. A reluctant Felix ends up as an ice cream seller at a deserted swimming stadium, where the surface of the pool has frozen solid. But the swimming stadium is not completely deserted after all. Felix meets a dark-haired refugee girl called Fakira, whose parents were killed in a bombing in Syria. A dreamlike story where two young strangers to each other, a boy and a refugee girl, meet under unusual circumstances. Together, they make the impossible possible.

Dance on Thin Ice

2017

Krump poster
NR

Krump observes movements of a gymnast on rings. Movements are wild as the sound of a violin - just on the edge of being out of control.

Krump

2011

Krump poster
NR

Krump observes movements of a gymnast on rings. Movements are wild as the sound of a violin - just on the edge of being out of control.

Krump

2011

Krump poster
NR

Krump observes movements of a gymnast on rings. Movements are wild as the sound of a violin - just on the edge of being out of control.

Krump

2011

Simo Was Here poster
NR

The beloved comedian Simo Salminen began his career as a National Championship level diver in the 1950s. Entertainment was an integral part of his sporting life, and Salminen began performing clown dives in a clown costume to the delight of children. The short film Simo Was Here takes the now elderly Salminen back to the Helsinki Swimming Stadium and illustrates his memories of the good old days. This nostalgic work is dedicated to the memory of Salminen, who passed away in 2015.

Simo Was Here

2026

Simo Was Here poster
NR

The beloved comedian Simo Salminen began his career as a National Championship level diver in the 1950s. Entertainment was an integral part of his sporting life, and Salminen began performing clown dives in a clown costume to the delight of children. The short film Simo Was Here takes the now elderly Salminen back to the Helsinki Swimming Stadium and illustrates his memories of the good old days. This nostalgic work is dedicated to the memory of Salminen, who passed away in 2015.

Simo Was Here

2026

Simo Was Here poster
NR

The beloved comedian Simo Salminen began his career as a National Championship level diver in the 1950s. Entertainment was an integral part of his sporting life, and Salminen began performing clown dives in a clown costume to the delight of children. The short film Simo Was Here takes the now elderly Salminen back to the Helsinki Swimming Stadium and illustrates his memories of the good old days. This nostalgic work is dedicated to the memory of Salminen, who passed away in 2015.

Simo Was Here

2026

IURIMA – A Tale of Three Fishermen poster
10.0

Three starving fishermen encounter something unexpected on a remote island in the 1890's. A visual mystery story with horror elements.

IURIMA – A Tale of Three Fishermen

2025

IURIMA – A Tale of Three Fishermen poster
10.0

Three starving fishermen encounter something unexpected on a remote island in the 1890's. A visual mystery story with horror elements.

IURIMA – A Tale of Three Fishermen

2025

IURIMA – A Tale of Three Fishermen poster
10.0

Three starving fishermen encounter something unexpected on a remote island in the 1890's. A visual mystery story with horror elements.

IURIMA – A Tale of Three Fishermen

2025

Soul Catcher poster
NR

A film about a man who has lost his soul. Many aboriginal tribes have believed that if someone takes a photograph of them they lose their soul.

Soul Catcher

2011

Soul Catcher poster
NR

A film about a man who has lost his soul. Many aboriginal tribes have believed that if someone takes a photograph of them they lose their soul.

Soul Catcher

2011

Soul Catcher poster
NR

A film about a man who has lost his soul. Many aboriginal tribes have believed that if someone takes a photograph of them they lose their soul.

Soul Catcher

2011